Joaquin Phoenix

Joaquin Rafael Phoenix was born on October 28, 1974 in Puerto Rico (U.S.). At the age of four years, he decided it was better to be called bodice, and returned to the old name until the early 1990's. Joaquin's parents in every way supports the aspirations of their children's acting career, and he came to this thorny path in a very young age - was shot in television movies and advertising. In ten years, Joaquin Phoenix made its debut in the cinema, playing in the movie "Space Camp", then filmed in the movies "Russian" and "Parents". For several years he was in the shadow of his older brother, River Phoenix, and after his tragic death two years left in general show-business. Again, Joaquin Phoenix has appeared on the screen in 1995, in the drama by Gus Van Sant "To die for:", playing one of the teenage killers. His next notable work was the film of Oliver Stone's "Turn" (1997). Actor gained widespread fame with the release of pictures of "force majeure" (1998), in which he starred with Vince Vaughan and Anne Heche. At the same time he again had the opportunity to withdraw from Vaughan in action movie "target". However, "the star" for the film, Joaquin Phoenix crime drama was Joel Schumacher's "Eight millimeter" (1999), in which he played Max California. In 2000, the world rolled out a film by Ridley Scott's "Gladiator", and the actor has shown his great talent, realizing on-screen image of the emperor Commodus.